Congrats madam, its a .........

so my colleague's wife 'put to be bed ' on monday n we ve been popping mineral and fish roll like no 2mrw. the guy's so happy, he just dey call announce to everybody,  "iyawo mi ti bi mo"  (my wife has given birth), and naturally they ask him "ki lo bi??" (wetin she born??:) his reply... BIG BOY!!!  

eyin temi, which one be small boy again??? neways congrats to *juwon n his wife, hopefully i ll attend d iko-omo (naming ceremony)  Now to d koko and its a question, Why is it dat, as soon as u tell someone dat you or ur wife/ sister/mother have delivered a child, d next thing they ask is, BOY or GIRL???.  I highlighted the word 'naturally' (above) cos i 've  noticed we are all guilty of dis;   *coughs* abeg stop looking behind u jare, its you i'm talking to, or u wan talk say u neva ask b4?? :) 

i dont kno how it started or if its a general thing but i dont feel its proper, we hardly ask how d mother is faring, all we want 2 kno is obi'rin or oku'rin??. my colleague was so sure his wife was going to give birth to a boy, i asked him why he was so sure n if she had gone for scanning to check d sex of the child n he replied confidently, 'leave dat matter, i kno bcos na me put am dia' (aku'ko:)  so somehow i was hopeing/praying it wld be a girl *mischevious grin* weda him for deny am LOL  but the question remains, why do we......' i 've heard couples argue about who they want first, d woman go say na girl n d man go say na boy or vice versa *sigh*  i dont undastand it but i kno dat mine ll be 2 big boys psquare IJN :)

Congrats to blogville's latest mummy #youknoyasef and other mothers, may our children continue to put smiles on our faces (amen)

     Hv a blessed day'

in other news:

*INEC ROLLS OUT NEW TIME TABLE*

S/N	ACTIVITY	DATE	REMARKS
1	Issuance of Notice of election	23rd November, 2010	Section 30 (1) of the Electoral Act, 2010 provides not later than 90 days before the election.
2	Conduct of Party primaries	Commence 26th November 2010 End 15th January, 2011	To enable Political Parties democratically nominate candidates for the elections as required by Section 87 of the Electoral Act, 2010
3	Campaign by Political Parties in public	Commences on 1st December, 2010	Section 99(1) of the Electoral Act, 2010 provides 90 days before polling day.
4	Collection of Form CF001 (Affidavit/Personal Particulars of candidates) and Form CF002 (Party’s list of candidates) for all elections.	15th – 22nd December 2010
5	Registration of Voters	15th – 29th January, 2011	Pursuant to Section 9(5) of the Electoral Act, 2010
6	Display of Register of Voters for claims and objections.	3rd February, 2011 –8th February, 2011	Pursuant to Section 19(1) of the Electoral Act, 2010
7	Last day for submission of Forms CF001 and CF002 at the National Headquarters of the Commission for all Elections.	31st January, 2011	Section 31(1) of the Electoral Act, 2010 provides for not later than 60 days before the election.
8	Publication of Personal Particulars of candidates. (CF001) for all Elections.	6th February, 2011	Section 31(3) of the Electoral Act, 2010 provides for publication within 7 days of the receipt of the form CF001
9	Collection of Nomination forms	7th – 10th February, 2011
10	Last day for withdrawal by candidate(s)/replacement of withdrawn candidate(s) by Political Parties for all Elections.	14th February, 2011	Section 35(1) of Electoral Act, 2010 provides not later than 45 days to the election.
11	Publication of Personal Particulars (CF001) of substitute candidate(s) for all Elections.	21st February, 2011	Section 32(3) of the Electoral Act, 2010 provides for publication within 7 days of the receipt of the form CF001
12	Last day for the submission of Nomination forms by Political Parties for all Elections.	21st February, 2011
13	Publication of official Register of voters for the elections.	2nd March, 2011	Section 20 of the Electoral Act, 2010 provides not later than 30 days before the election.
14	Publication of list of nominated candidates.for all Elections	2nd March, 2011 to16th March, 2011	Section 34 of the Electoral Act, 2010 provides at least 30 days before the day of election.
15	Publication of Notice of Poll for:for all Elections	18th March, 2011	Section 46 of the Electoral Act, 2010 provides not later than 14 days before the election.
16	Submission of names of Party Agents for all Elections to the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECS.)	25th March, 2011	Section 45 of the Electoral Act, 2010. Provides not later than 7 days before the election.
17(a)(b)(c)	Last day/time for campaigns National Assembly Elections Presidential Election Governorship/State Assembly Elections	1st April, 201 8th April, 2011 15th April, 2011	Section 99(1) of the Electoral Act, 2010 prohibits Advertisements or broadcasts of campaigns 24 hours prior to the day of election.
18(a)      (b)     (c)	Date of election National Assembly Elections Presidential Election Governorship/State Assembly Elections	2nd April, 2011 9th April, 2011 16th April, 2011	Section 25 of the Electoral Act, 2010, dates of elections to be appointed by the Commission.

*JOKE OF THE DAY*

Teacher: John, whats the full meaning of JEGA?

Student: ermm...er.....Jonathan Ebere Goodluck Azikiwe...?????

LOL i wonder how they think of these things,

Happy thanksgiving o jare.

PS: NITTY GRITTY shebi u asked for an update?? u've bn served :)

S/N

ACTIVITY

DATE

REMARKS

1

Issuance of Notice of election

23^rd November, 2010

Section 30 (1) of the Electoral Act, 2010 provides not later than 90 days before the election.

2

Conduct of Party primaries

Commence 26^th November 2010 End 15^th January, 2011

To enable Political Parties democratically nominate candidates for the elections as required by Section 87 of the Electoral Act, 2010

3

Campaign by Political Parties in public

Commences on 1^st December, 2010

Section 99(1) of the Electoral Act, 2010 provides 90 days before polling day.

4

Collection of Form CF001 (Affidavit/Personal Particulars of candidates) and Form CF002 (Party’s list of candidates) for all elections.

15^th – 22^nd December 2010

5

Registration of Voters

15^th – 29^th January, 2011

Pursuant to Section 9(5) of the Electoral Act, 2010

6

Display of Register of Voters for claims and objections.

3^rd February, 2011 –8^th February, 2011

Pursuant to Section 19(1) of the Electoral Act, 2010

7

Last day for submission of Forms CF001 and CF002 at the National Headquarters of the Commission for all Elections.

31^st January, 2011

Section 31(1) of the Electoral Act, 2010 provides for not later than 60 days before the election.

8

Publication of Personal Particulars of candidates. (CF001) for all Elections.

6^th February, 2011

Section 31(3) of the Electoral Act, 2010 provides for publication within 7 days of the receipt of the form CF001

9

Collection of Nomination forms

7^th – 10^th February, 2011

10

Last day for withdrawal by candidate(s)/replacement of withdrawn candidate(s) by Political Parties for all Elections.

14^th February, 2011

Section 35(1) of Electoral Act, 2010 provides not later than 45 days to the election.

11

Publication of Personal Particulars (CF001) of substitute candidate(s) for all Elections.

21^st February, 2011

Section 32(3) of the Electoral Act, 2010 provides for publication within 7 days of the receipt of the form CF001

12

Last day for the submission of Nomination forms by Political Parties for all Elections.

21^st February, 2011

13

Publication of official Register of voters for the elections.

2^nd March, 2011

Section 20 of the Electoral Act, 2010 provides not later than 30 days before the election.

14

Publication of list of nominated candidates.for all Elections

2^nd March, 2011 to16^th March, 2011

Section 34 of the Electoral Act, 2010 provides at least 30 days before the day of election.

15

Publication of Notice of Poll for:for all Elections

18^th March, 2011

Section 46 of the Electoral Act, 2010 provides not later than 14 days before the election.

16

Submission of names of Party Agents for all Elections to the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECS.)

25^th March, 2011

Section 45 of the Electoral Act, 2010. Provides not later than 7 days before the election.

17(a)(b)(c)

Last day/time for campaigns
National Assembly Elections
Presidential Election
Governorship/State Assembly Elections

1^st April, 201
8^th April, 2011
15^th April, 2011

Section 99(1) of the Electoral Act, 2010 prohibits Advertisements or broadcasts of campaigns 24 hours prior to the day of election.

18(a)
     (b)
    (c)

Date of election
National Assembly Elections
Presidential Election
Governorship/State Assembly Elections

2^nd April, 2011
9^th April, 2011
16^th April, 2011

Section 25 of the Electoral Act, 2010, dates of elections to be appointed by the Commission.

No' i am not Ibo, i'm Delta-Ibo

i heard a lady say on radio dis morning, n i said to dangote, 'Na so e dey take start', abi which one is delta ibo and original ibo again?  Look at wat is happening in cross river n some parts of Our country; when are we going to start seeing ourselves as one. Dis week, 13 containers of sophisticated arms and ammunitions was intercepted in Apapa port and pple are asking, who would want to carry out such dastardly act in nigeria. eyin temi, they r not ninjas o, they are humans (wat else can i call dem) like you and i, and yes na woman born dem, yet they wld see no qualms in taking another man's life *smh*  We've bn called terrorists in the past, WHAT will they call us now???  :(

talking of crossriver, i hv dis colleague in the office who bears a 'calabar' name,  d oda day i called her to come n see her Governor on tv; as soon as she saw it was godswill akpabio, she said in an icy tone, "Mbouk, i am not akwaibom o, i'm from cross river",   'Really, wats d difference?' i asked n she replied, "They have winch" (i kid not), 'Una nko, wetin una get?? i fired back, she just said "Mbuok" and walked away. LOL 

btw: Mbuok is not my real name o, it means PLEASE in calabar,  :)  

Moving along.....

so i visited ozaveshe's blog yesterday n saw condolence messages left there by some of us; i was touched but wondered what wld hv happened if ALL our comments needed the blog owner’s approval *sigh* dat means there would have been LOTS of messages awaiting His approval.

Some blogs have not been updated for more than 2yrs, it may be as a result of illness or worse, BUT they are still there unless someone else 'figures' the password and informs us; its much worse if the blogger went private' then How wld ANYONE know?????

When a blogger dies, in rare cases the family may know his/her blog's url and password, and decide to delete it or even leave it as a kind of remembrance But if they don’t know the url/password, the blog remains as it is; to be read by anyone until BLOGGER deletes it (which i dont tink is possible)

A 'Bloggers Register' wld have lots of advantages cos it wld help us keep tabs on ourselves, some might find it 'intrusive' and 'unnecessary' but who knows *sigh* Naijalines commented in my previous post dat If she expires, Ore (her son) is most likely to inform us; in as much as i wld dread reading dat or any post of that kind, its a FACT dat we can't blog forever..


*clears throat* Now to the main koko, below is a poll about the register; pls shine ya eyes n click on the appropriate button n lets take it 4rm there. Thanks  but remember 'One man -'One vote 

Wat do u tink of d 'Bloggers Register'
	Great idea, lets give it a shot.
	Not sure, some of 'us' still prefer being anonymous.
	wetin consign me :)
pollcode.com free polls

BEFORE I 4GET:  this is just a suggestion o, no book says i have to 'Organise and maintain the 'register', i think we'll hv to do another poll to nominate some 'tested /trusted' bloggers dat will pull it off, i on the oda hand will provide free entertainment; those in support say Aye!!:)



Njoy ur weekend!

...........A BLOGGER'S REGISTER?????

FOR LIFE??

I went on my blog rounds dis morn n read abt d death of one of our own its sad indeed. in my previous post i talked about the absence of some bloggers from blogville; i recall mentioning 50 of them but till date only four (4)  i.e ibiluv, afrobabe, temytayo and naughtyeyez hv responded, wat happened to the rest??? I also never knew ozaveshe until today tho i might hv stumbled on his blog in the past but i dont remember commenting on any of his posts (wish i had, cos  he sounded like a nice and FUNNY person) *sigh* May God grant his family the fortitude to bear the loss (ami

So i'm repeating the question, How can one kno all is well with a fellow blogger??. i know some of us have left 'blogger' for TWITTER (#youknoyasefs) while others might not hv anything to blog about (Afrobabe now refers to hersef as a Retired Blogger) na who do u sendoff??? *msheww* :)

Now theres d issue of anonymity, like i said some many of us cherish our cloak of mystery; i personally hv only spoken to one blogger since i started blogging n her name is #Standtall, so she can vouch dat  i'm real (as in i exist) n dat i'm a woman (from my voice) i tink she also knos my real name (standy no talk o :) tho we hvnt spoken in a longgggg time (when she start her waka-waka no pay travel) even dangote asks about her and fba from the stories i used to tell him abt our blogville.  i've never seen her but insha allah we go jam face to face on her or my child's iko-omo (naming ceremony) if she n hubby no se'kia (hurry up)

There are still lots of bloggers out there  i wld lv to talk to (or 'flash' and be 'flashed' in return) so wat do guys tink abt a Register????? sounds very primary school'ish abi? LOL i kno but how else can one kno. What do u think??????.

ps1: FBA' where r u??? :(((
ps2: wat happened to 9ja bloggers- reunion?  tot it was supposed to be like annually... not dat i wld show up tho  *wide grin*
ps3: somehow' somehow i dont feel like losing my anonymity too; o well :) 

For Ms. O

there are some slight changes from the one aired here in 9ja...

1. the boy, his mum and mama r not the same

2. mama didnt say 'thank you my baby'  *mscheew*

3. BUT the 'fowl's definitely the same :)

ps: 'Unilever' ought to pay me for free advert o :)
pss: i still doubt 'omo' can remove All dat portor-portor stains sha'